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GARY MICHAEL BRANNON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – March 25, 1969
Service recordGary Michael Brannon, of Mcalester, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 33
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcalester, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 33
- JAMES EDWARD BRANNONPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- WALTER EVANS BROWN JRPrivate · March 25, 1969
- EDDIE DEAN CARPERSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DALE BEANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- GERNOT BENDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- STEPHEN HELDEN DOANEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 34
- EDWARDO FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 38
- LEWIS EUGENE SAMPLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 40
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 40
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 41
From Mcalester
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · January 21, 1970
- JOSHUA ELI CARNEYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
- FRANKIE GUY BAKERPrivate · March 5, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.